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- SPECIEIGAmION. To ALL wHoM 1T MAY confinati:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU, ofi-Newark, Essex county,v`NewJersey, `have invented, made,

. and applied to use certain new and useful improvements infastening Stair and VestibuleRods, andiI'do declare the following to be a full,clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had to ,the accompanying drawings, making part-of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,` in whichy Figure 1a view of my rimprovement in fastening stair and vestibule rods. Figure 2, a view of the same, showing how the rod is removed.- Figur 3, a View of the present-mode of fastening stair and vestibulerods. In the drawings, like parts of the invention are indicatedby the same letters oreference:`

I The nature of my .invention consists in certain new and useful improvements,as hereinafter fully described, for vfastening stair and vestibule rods. To enable those skilled in the art to make and use Vmy invention, I Awill i proceed todescribe the sanie. y i

The presentmode of fastening stair and vestibule rods consists of the use of two rings inserted in the'stair at the proper distance from each other, beneath which the rod'is passed.

My improvement consists in using these rings,.vA, placed at 'the proper distance from each other in the stair, and in pinning the tips, B, (usually made with the stair or vestibule rod,) upon the outer side of V the rings, A, so that they may be turned freely either over the opening in thering, A, or away from the same. O'ne of the ring's provided with a tip is inserted, as stated, in the stair, and the tip is closed down over the opening in the rin-g. The 4opposite ring is inserted in proper position in the stair, andthe tip being thrown back from the openingthe rod is inserted beneath the same and the opposite ring, its end bearing slightly against the inside of the tip closed upon' the saine.l The previously thrown back may now be closed rover the end of the ring,

i and the rod' will thus be held' rmly in position. When desired that the rod should be removed, (fig. 2,) one of thh tips may. be thrown back from the ring andthe rod may be withdrawn from beneath the rings.

1 4 The peculiar advantages arising from the-use of my improvementare that therod is much more securely held in position, the cost of manufacture is materially reduced, a much more ornamental and tasteful appear- `ance is given to the rod, and the rings supporting the same last a much longer time, as in the present mode'the screws holding the same in the stair have their heads entirely removed, which'greatly weakens them and causes them to he'broken frequently while being inserted in the stair. Frequently one of the tips maybe stationary `,or form part of 'the ring itself, and the opposite ring be provided with a movable tip to'allow of the insertion and withdrawal of the rod. i i y Having thus describedrmy invention,r.what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I claim-combining with the ring, the tip, for the purposes herein fully indicated.

` WM. T. MERSEREAU. 

